English Explanatory Dictionary

some mothers do have them

English dictionary entry

Meanings

phrase
  1. A colloquial and mildly pejorative reaction to a clumsy or foolish action.

Word forms

some mothers do have them some mothers do 'ave 'em

Etymology

Popularised by the popular British comedy show Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em starring Michael Crawford as the clumsy and foolish Frank Spencer (although it had been in common British use for many years before then).

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on S Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary